ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,594, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Brainlab AG (Munich).
"Image-based instrument identification and tracking" was invented by Stefan Vilsmeier (Munich) and Matthias Eimer (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of transmitting identification information of a medical instrument. The method encompasses comparing a digital image of an instrument tray and an instrument to a digital image of just the instrument tray to determine the identity of the instrument. A characteristic geometry such as its envelope is assigned to the instrument, and a characteristic quantity of the envelope such as it...